How old is the kora, and from where did it come?

[sirupate]

On my latest visit to Nepal I came across a different and to me a more plausibe view to the visit in 2009.
Speaking to my kami about the khunda/khuda (pronounced Kora), they firmly believe that the khunda was a development of the khurpa utility tool, this makes sense when you look at how many khunda look like khurpa, and how easily the design of the khurpa lends itself to the development of the khunda

[sirupate]

From a video of my latest visit, note the shape of the khunda

[Jens Nordlunde]

Sirupate, I have now and then been wondering if the kore really had been travelling from South India to Nepal and Tibet, without leaving any traces along the way, so your last guess may be the right one.
Strange that a weapon as dangerous as the kora stopped being used in the south.

[sirupate]

I guess we will never know for sure, but what the kami had to say seemed to me to make sense